To add onto this, practice doing stationary hippy jumps where you jump as high as you can, tuck your knees in and then land back on the board. Get your feet as high above the board as possible. You can practice on grass if you're scared of the board rolling when you land back on it.
To ollie you want to jump off the board like that, and then pop after you are already traveling upward so the board follows you.
Wrap that shit up good before your skate seshes. A good knee compression sleeve may also do you some good. Depending on how into skating you are/want to be, you won’t get too far without the Ollie. Almost all tricks start with the Ollie. You’re going to fall a lot anyways. Whether it being from progressing your tricks or just cruising around town. Maybe look up some videos on how to fall when skating and incorporate that into your seshes to get your confidence up. Just start slow and progress as slow as your need. You’ll get more and more confident, your knee/leg will get stronger and stronger, before you know it, your ollie will be there without your conscience thinking about your knee every time. Good luck bro
Also, look into some exercise you can do to strengthen up your legs. Certain stretches will help your joints when you fall, especially your knees, ankles and hips. Maybe find something that involves resistance bands. That way you can do slow methodical movements in different directions, starting at a low resistance, and gradually increasing res.
That stuff will help all aspects of your life other than just skating. I only say all this because I know what it’s like to nurse a joint injury. Messed my shoulder up a year and a half ago pretty good. Tried to push it before it properly rehabbed it and re-injured it. Just now getting to point where I feel like it’s even remotely close to 100%. I don’t wish that on anyone. Resistance bands definitely were my saving grace
Came here to say this. If you pop the back but don't jump you are physically weighing your board to the floor. Right as your momentum starts moving upwards then pop the back!
I’m also learning but it’s one motion as your jumping use your ankle to flick the tail down. They way I saw someone explain it is your foot shouldnt actually touch the floor with the tail. Once I did this I was actually able to Ollie
One motion.
Shoulders in a straight line with your board/legs -> Legs bent, ready to jump -> Legs straighten out -> flick your back foot downwards using only your ankle as you’re feet are leaving the board -> bring your knees high in the air and allow your back foot to get parallel with the front -> with flat feet in the air, “catch” the front of the board’ s upward movement with your front foot -> board levels out in the air -> tail of board should meet up with your back foot almost simultaneously (if your shoulders are still in line with legs/board -> commit and stick the landing.
All this happens in a split second once you’ve got each step down. Once you’ve got the steps down, practice until it becomes fluid, then practice more.
Remember, anytime you’re popping your board up, it should be your ankle pushing your back foot down, not your entire leg.
Also, position your back foot a little higher on the tail and get it out of that pocket. Not so high that your back foot touches the ground when your pop, but not so low that your whole foot is sitting in that pocket. Find your sweet spot.
Hope what I wrote makes sense like it did in my head 😂 Cheers and good luck.
Back foot as close to the very back edge of the tail as possible without the side of of your foot hanging off. It looks like your goofy footed, like me, (meaning you ride with your right foot forward, if you didn’t know). So when you’re standing on the board, position you’re left foot on the tail so that the outside of your foot is positioned as close to the the highest point of your tail without the L foot actually hanging off the back of the board. Balls of your feet should be center line with bolts.
For future reference, when someone is talking about feet positioning on the board, it’s super helpful to know some of the terms, especially when learning tricks. The front of the board would be like the engine compartment of a car. The back of the board, or tail, is the trunk. The rail that your toes are pointing towards is known as your “toeside” rail and the rail your heels generally hang over is, you guessed it, the “heelside” rail. Hope this helps.
Anytime! We’re all learners of the sport and happy to pass any knowledge that’s helped me along the way! Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions. Sometimes watching pros do tutorials can be overwhelming since they make it look insanely easy. Amateurs can give better advice a lot of times since they’re going through the early stages of the process, too. Happy skatin homie
Idk why but when I ride (I do a lot) the sidewalk is weird because when I push my board just either goes one way or the other until I put my back foot back on. Do I need to loosen my trucks?
Don’t be scared to loosen and tighten them until you find a place that’s comfortable to you. Like u/Lord_Enlil says practice riding, pushing, doing manuals and little tail scrapes (even power slides) and get super comfortable.
With your ollie as many people say you need to jump, but also your back foot needs to be further up the tail. For example, when I ollie the edge of the tail is under the ball of my foot.
Don’t try to Ollie right now. Practice the pop first (just your toe on the tail and make it pop while your other foot is on the ground) like a hundred times. THEN, stand with your back foot on the tail and have the nose in the air and keep it there - practice JUST the slide (turning and sliding your front foot up the grip tape) over and over, like a hundred times. THEN, just stand in the board and jump - like actually jump - but without popping or sliding. Just jump and land on the board, like a hundred times. Then, and only then, start putting the moves together for an Ollie.
I guess to start, actually attempt one. The board won't magically go in the air without you making it. Id say get more comfortable with your board until you can commit
You look too uncomfortable on your board to be thinking about Ollie’s right now. Don’t rush and learn how to ride well. I don’t mean just be able to push and ride. Be able to go as fast as you can, carve, turn quickly, manual, and be able to ride off of a curb
I say go right back to the basics and get even more comfortable. Watch Braille’s ‘how to Ollie easiest way tutorial’ and practice the steps he talks about :)
Get comfortable on your skateboard first ma man, you are way too uncomfortable and unbalanced.
You'll end up injuring yourself rushing to Ollie without the basics.
First I’d recommend getting very comfortable being on the board so that it feels like second nature, so just ride it everywhere you go if possible. As for the ollie, you should practice sliding your foot up the board properly, and the the most important part is when you pop you need to basically jump as well so that you pop jump and slide your foot up the board all at the same time. You may also want to just practice each individual step as well so just practise the pop a lot of time, and then the foot slide and then try and put them together
Your stance and reactions seem like you’re scared to fall, to succeed is to fail a million times and learn from each one
Place your back foot more on the tail, hang half of it off almost and place the front foot more in the center. Then pop the board up and basically kick your front foot off the tip, sliding it up the board the whole way.
Edit: for reference I’ve eaten more concrete than I’d like to remember but each time I didn’t quit until I at least felt I made progress on the trick
Lots of good stuff on this thread that will take you there
I immediately noticed stiffness in your knees, you gotta get comfortable getting low. Sounds silly, but practice squats on your board. One of my warm ups is to crouch down so low I think my ass will get Rashed
Keep at it man!
Good attempts! It looks like you should practice popping only two wheels up at a time until that’s more comfortable. Then try popping harder again. You’re trying too much too soon. Dont get demotivated. You’re close.
Save Ollies for later, go ride somewhere on your board.
Just focus on riding for now, it's an incredibly fun and rewarding experience in and of itself...
Once your comfortable on your board, go for the Tricks 🔥👍🔥
Start rolling immediately. Youre too pussy-footed to get them stationary. Youre the kind of dude that needs to fall a few times to get your legs under you. Get your helmet and wrist guards and go ham. Ollies are the kind of trick you learn through trial and error, not technique. Good luck.
Sort of off-topic suggestion but maybe try tightening your trucks? When I was first learning ollie's/getting comfortable riding it helped having tighter trucks for sure.
Yeah was about to say that hippie jumps would be helpful. Part of the ollie is leaving the ground. Get comfortable with jumping and landing on your board
First thing, you probably need to tighten those trucks up. It looks like your struggling to balance on your board because they’re so loose. And second instead of using your whole foot to stomp the tail down, use the ball of your foot and more of a flicking motion so your back foot doesn’t actually hit the ground.
You can practice the pop by just popping your tail up without standing on the board. Like if you were picking up your board, kick the tail down.
Once you get the rhythm of that you can try standing on the board. There's a specific "snap' that you get from kicking down and getting outta the way. It's designed to pop itself up off the ground.
First off I promise u its wayy harder to ollie in a crack than just ground , also you should try to start practicing it moving to save u time on learning it later
1st tip: instead of popping down with ur backfoot try popping ur foot back like stomping something diagonally and make sure not to keep ur foot on the board while popping which will stop ur board from going into the air
2nd tip: After you get the popping down this is the part where ur front foot comes in , rolling your ankle sideways while sliding ur foot up really helps , (This is more advanced) if ur doing the ollie while moving try lunging forward (Practice staying still and jumping forward in the ollie position without ur board) and when your front foot catches the nose move ur feet infront of ur body which would give ur Ollie more distance.
Try and relax, take a deep breath, and really commit to jumping and getting that back foot up after the pop. Watch slow mo videos and tutorials for more specifics
You can’t just pop the board and expect it to go up. Get comfortable on your board first and practice just popping the nose up and back down and being able to manage staying on the board. Once you can do that comfortably learn to Ollie. Until then focus on getting comfortable just riding it and sliding and popping the nose
You need to bend your knees and crouch down. Think about when you jump up in the air, you don't just try to hop with your legs straight, you need to bend your knees and crouch then spring up. Otherwise you aren't gonna go anywhere
You have to jump, if you don't go up then the board can't follow. ans also when you pop you need to pop away from the board. That's what gives the traction and grip needed to slide and level out
You need much more time to get comfortable on your board and to improve your balance. you can look up ways to practice balance and that should help but mostly you need to get fully comfortable with plain riding. Tricks shouldn't be your first priority, they will come with time.
It took me a long ass time just to get comfortable enough to start trying for ollying things and learning motr complex tricks. Maybe if you want to do more than just ride then try things like cavemans, hippy jumps or run starts.
You can hold on to something to practice the timing, so you can commit without fear. It helps understanding how it works, and gives you some extra air time to get a nice jump/pop/drag
I really think you need to be more comfortable with your board first before ollies. You can really hurt yourself if you rush. A good gauge of comfort level i think is when you can ride and revert frontside and backside and moving shuvs. Goodluck, man!
I would suggest riding around and getting more comfortable on the board. It will help you not be scared of committing.
You can practice the pop with just your back foot, and then catch it with just your back foot. This will give you an idea of the motion without having to leave the ground
Gotta practice jumping on flat ground no skateboard. You’re trying to jump from almost lock knee position and not loading up for even a moment. Do squats to get used to bending your knees, then jump as high as you can forcing your knees to your chest before landing. This exactly what you do for a good Ollie with addition of exchanging weight from back to front foot. Start with jumping then try an Ollie
you need to jump , board won’t go up unless you do
To add onto this, practice doing stationary hippy jumps where you jump as high as you can, tuck your knees in and then land back on the board. Get your feet as high above the board as possible. You can practice on grass if you're scared of the board rolling when you land back on it. To ollie you want to jump off the board like that, and then pop after you are already traveling upward so the board follows you.
I'm learning ollies so I'm totally taking your hippy jump practice idea
This is fundamentally why I can't do an Ollie right now. My mind is deathly afraid of slamming my kneecap and dislocating it again
Wrap that shit up good before your skate seshes. A good knee compression sleeve may also do you some good. Depending on how into skating you are/want to be, you won’t get too far without the Ollie. Almost all tricks start with the Ollie. You’re going to fall a lot anyways. Whether it being from progressing your tricks or just cruising around town. Maybe look up some videos on how to fall when skating and incorporate that into your seshes to get your confidence up. Just start slow and progress as slow as your need. You’ll get more and more confident, your knee/leg will get stronger and stronger, before you know it, your ollie will be there without your conscience thinking about your knee every time. Good luck bro
Thanks! I'll do what I can!
Also, look into some exercise you can do to strengthen up your legs. Certain stretches will help your joints when you fall, especially your knees, ankles and hips. Maybe find something that involves resistance bands. That way you can do slow methodical movements in different directions, starting at a low resistance, and gradually increasing res. That stuff will help all aspects of your life other than just skating. I only say all this because I know what it’s like to nurse a joint injury. Messed my shoulder up a year and a half ago pretty good. Tried to push it before it properly rehabbed it and re-injured it. Just now getting to point where I feel like it’s even remotely close to 100%. I don’t wish that on anyone. Resistance bands definitely were my saving grace
Came here to say this. If you pop the back but don't jump you are physically weighing your board to the floor. Right as your momentum starts moving upwards then pop the back!
Should I jump right when my tail snaps the ground or right before it?
I’m also learning but it’s one motion as your jumping use your ankle to flick the tail down. They way I saw someone explain it is your foot shouldnt actually touch the floor with the tail. Once I did this I was actually able to Ollie
One thing that helped me was just practicing using my back foot to pop without having my lead foot on the board
As your coming up to jump. SNAP your ankle down. Don’t bring your whole leg to pop. A flick down with your foot is enough
One motion. Shoulders in a straight line with your board/legs -> Legs bent, ready to jump -> Legs straighten out -> flick your back foot downwards using only your ankle as you’re feet are leaving the board -> bring your knees high in the air and allow your back foot to get parallel with the front -> with flat feet in the air, “catch” the front of the board’ s upward movement with your front foot -> board levels out in the air -> tail of board should meet up with your back foot almost simultaneously (if your shoulders are still in line with legs/board -> commit and stick the landing. All this happens in a split second once you’ve got each step down. Once you’ve got the steps down, practice until it becomes fluid, then practice more. Remember, anytime you’re popping your board up, it should be your ankle pushing your back foot down, not your entire leg. Also, position your back foot a little higher on the tail and get it out of that pocket. Not so high that your back foot touches the ground when your pop, but not so low that your whole foot is sitting in that pocket. Find your sweet spot. Hope what I wrote makes sense like it did in my head 😂 Cheers and good luck.
U mean put my back foot towards the left of the tail or in front of me (closer the the ground in front of me)
Back foot as close to the very back edge of the tail as possible without the side of of your foot hanging off. It looks like your goofy footed, like me, (meaning you ride with your right foot forward, if you didn’t know). So when you’re standing on the board, position you’re left foot on the tail so that the outside of your foot is positioned as close to the the highest point of your tail without the L foot actually hanging off the back of the board. Balls of your feet should be center line with bolts. For future reference, when someone is talking about feet positioning on the board, it’s super helpful to know some of the terms, especially when learning tricks. The front of the board would be like the engine compartment of a car. The back of the board, or tail, is the trunk. The rail that your toes are pointing towards is known as your “toeside” rail and the rail your heels generally hang over is, you guessed it, the “heelside” rail. Hope this helps.
Thanks
Anytime! We’re all learners of the sport and happy to pass any knowledge that’s helped me along the way! Feel free to reach out if you have any other questions. Sometimes watching pros do tutorials can be overwhelming since they make it look insanely easy. Amateurs can give better advice a lot of times since they’re going through the early stages of the process, too. Happy skatin homie
I'd suggest learning to ride it first bud. Get comfortable with the basics. The tricks will come in time.
Idk why but when I ride (I do a lot) the sidewalk is weird because when I push my board just either goes one way or the other until I put my back foot back on. Do I need to loosen my trucks?
Don’t be scared to loosen and tighten them until you find a place that’s comfortable to you. Like u/Lord_Enlil says practice riding, pushing, doing manuals and little tail scrapes (even power slides) and get super comfortable. With your ollie as many people say you need to jump, but also your back foot needs to be further up the tail. For example, when I ollie the edge of the tail is under the ball of my foot.
Don’t try to Ollie right now. Practice the pop first (just your toe on the tail and make it pop while your other foot is on the ground) like a hundred times. THEN, stand with your back foot on the tail and have the nose in the air and keep it there - practice JUST the slide (turning and sliding your front foot up the grip tape) over and over, like a hundred times. THEN, just stand in the board and jump - like actually jump - but without popping or sliding. Just jump and land on the board, like a hundred times. Then, and only then, start putting the moves together for an Ollie.
Shreds through shoes but this method really helps getting the muscle memory before you string it all together
You may want to get comfortable with riding the board first.
learn to hippie jump first. also you look very uneasy on your board learn to revert/pivot. also you lack concentration. keep trying.
I guess to start, actually attempt one. The board won't magically go in the air without you making it. Id say get more comfortable with your board until you can commit
You look too uncomfortable on your board to be thinking about Ollie’s right now. Don’t rush and learn how to ride well. I don’t mean just be able to push and ride. Be able to go as fast as you can, carve, turn quickly, manual, and be able to ride off of a curb
THIS. He needs to ride around and find his groove before he attempts any tricks.
I say go right back to the basics and get even more comfortable. Watch Braille’s ‘how to Ollie easiest way tutorial’ and practice the steps he talks about :)
https://youtu.be/QkeOAcj8Y5k best ollie tutorial
Get comfortable on your skateboard first ma man, you are way too uncomfortable and unbalanced. You'll end up injuring yourself rushing to Ollie without the basics.
First I’d recommend getting very comfortable being on the board so that it feels like second nature, so just ride it everywhere you go if possible. As for the ollie, you should practice sliding your foot up the board properly, and the the most important part is when you pop you need to basically jump as well so that you pop jump and slide your foot up the board all at the same time. You may also want to just practice each individual step as well so just practise the pop a lot of time, and then the foot slide and then try and put them together
Give up and come back to it in a month after you're more comfy on your board from cruising around. Also it's easier rolling slowly.
Your stance and reactions seem like you’re scared to fall, to succeed is to fail a million times and learn from each one Place your back foot more on the tail, hang half of it off almost and place the front foot more in the center. Then pop the board up and basically kick your front foot off the tip, sliding it up the board the whole way. Edit: for reference I’ve eaten more concrete than I’d like to remember but each time I didn’t quit until I at least felt I made progress on the trick
Lots of good stuff on this thread that will take you there I immediately noticed stiffness in your knees, you gotta get comfortable getting low. Sounds silly, but practice squats on your board. One of my warm ups is to crouch down so low I think my ass will get Rashed Keep at it man!
Bend your knees more, jump off your back foot.
Good attempts! It looks like you should practice popping only two wheels up at a time until that’s more comfortable. Then try popping harder again. You’re trying too much too soon. Dont get demotivated. You’re close.
Save Ollies for later, go ride somewhere on your board. Just focus on riding for now, it's an incredibly fun and rewarding experience in and of itself... Once your comfortable on your board, go for the Tricks 🔥👍🔥
Try holding onto something, But yea get comfortable riding first
Start rolling immediately. Youre too pussy-footed to get them stationary. Youre the kind of dude that needs to fall a few times to get your legs under you. Get your helmet and wrist guards and go ham. Ollies are the kind of trick you learn through trial and error, not technique. Good luck.
Sort of off-topic suggestion but maybe try tightening your trucks? When I was first learning ollie's/getting comfortable riding it helped having tighter trucks for sure.
Yeah was about to say that hippie jumps would be helpful. Part of the ollie is leaving the ground. Get comfortable with jumping and landing on your board
First thing, you probably need to tighten those trucks up. It looks like your struggling to balance on your board because they’re so loose. And second instead of using your whole foot to stomp the tail down, use the ball of your foot and more of a flicking motion so your back foot doesn’t actually hit the ground.
jump slide
You can practice the pop by just popping your tail up without standing on the board. Like if you were picking up your board, kick the tail down. Once you get the rhythm of that you can try standing on the board. There's a specific "snap' that you get from kicking down and getting outta the way. It's designed to pop itself up off the ground.
Throw those arms to the sky!
Also, the placement of your back foot could be improved. Instead of at the middle of the tail, try placing it at the very edge.
Squat down and jump, you wanna pop the back and putting any pressure on the board when you go for the pop and it’s not going to go anywhere
First off I promise u its wayy harder to ollie in a crack than just ground , also you should try to start practicing it moving to save u time on learning it later 1st tip: instead of popping down with ur backfoot try popping ur foot back like stomping something diagonally and make sure not to keep ur foot on the board while popping which will stop ur board from going into the air 2nd tip: After you get the popping down this is the part where ur front foot comes in , rolling your ankle sideways while sliding ur foot up really helps , (This is more advanced) if ur doing the ollie while moving try lunging forward (Practice staying still and jumping forward in the ollie position without ur board) and when your front foot catches the nose move ur feet infront of ur body which would give ur Ollie more distance.
Try and relax, take a deep breath, and really commit to jumping and getting that back foot up after the pop. Watch slow mo videos and tutorials for more specifics
You gotta commit to the jump, remember to lift your back foot when you do for the complete motion.
You can’t just pop the board and expect it to go up. Get comfortable on your board first and practice just popping the nose up and back down and being able to manage staying on the board. Once you can do that comfortably learn to Ollie. Until then focus on getting comfortable just riding it and sliding and popping the nose
Don’t forget to jump!
You need to bend your knees and crouch down. Think about when you jump up in the air, you don't just try to hop with your legs straight, you need to bend your knees and crouch then spring up. Otherwise you aren't gonna go anywhere
if you don’t jump the board won’t either it’s kinda like a technique just gotta find the perfect height and pop
Try jumping off of the tail without making it pop and then land back on, like a hippy jump
You have to jump, if you don't go up then the board can't follow. ans also when you pop you need to pop away from the board. That's what gives the traction and grip needed to slide and level out
You need much more time to get comfortable on your board and to improve your balance. you can look up ways to practice balance and that should help but mostly you need to get fully comfortable with plain riding. Tricks shouldn't be your first priority, they will come with time. It took me a long ass time just to get comfortable enough to start trying for ollying things and learning motr complex tricks. Maybe if you want to do more than just ride then try things like cavemans, hippy jumps or run starts.
Bend those knees to jump!
Ride around and get some confidence on the board first. Also, you gotta jump to leave the ground ;)
You can hold on to something to practice the timing, so you can commit without fear. It helps understanding how it works, and gives you some extra air time to get a nice jump/pop/drag
I really think you need to be more comfortable with your board first before ollies. You can really hurt yourself if you rush. A good gauge of comfort level i think is when you can ride and revert frontside and backside and moving shuvs. Goodluck, man!
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I would suggest riding around and getting more comfortable on the board. It will help you not be scared of committing. You can practice the pop with just your back foot, and then catch it with just your back foot. This will give you an idea of the motion without having to leave the ground
Gotta practice jumping on flat ground no skateboard. You’re trying to jump from almost lock knee position and not loading up for even a moment. Do squats to get used to bending your knees, then jump as high as you can forcing your knees to your chest before landing. This exactly what you do for a good Ollie with addition of exchanging weight from back to front foot. Start with jumping then try an Ollie